English-Dutch translations for iceberg

• ijsberg
  BSE is slechts het topje van de ijsberg. BSE is only the tip of the iceberg.
  Tibet is het topje van de Chinese ijsberg. Tibet is the tip of the Chinese iceberg.
  Wij zien slechts het topje van de ijsberg, maar dit is wel de top van een reusachtige ijsberg. We only see the tip of the iceberg, but it is the tip of a very large iceberg.

Definition of iceberg

• A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
• An aloof person

Examples

• The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank

Related words

• iceberg lettuce
• tip of the iceberg
• be the tip of the iceberg